Hey, at least the FFXIII developers didn't go out of their way to insult their fanbase at every step of the game's development.

At least, not explicitly.---What happened to survival horror?Ironically, it did not survive - TheCyborgNinja

#7Draconas_LyrrPosted 2/13/2013 2:23:57 PM

Well, FFXIII is in my top five FF's and I liked FFXIII-2 more than the first..so I've gotta go with FFXIII.---PSN: Draconas_LyrrI'll never look at an apple the same way again..

#8PhaseSlaethePosted 2/13/2013 2:25:21 PM

Raycon posted...

Hey, at least the FFXIII developers didn't go out of their way to insult their fanbase at every step of the game's development.

At least, not explicitly.

This.

Also,NEITHER is a franchise on their own.

#9LaventorPosted 2/13/2013 2:39:03 PM

Square has always experimented with new battle systems, stories etc in the main FF titles, XIII is no exception in this. Some of the hate on it was unjustified as some of it could be seen in previous titles as well, but was perhaps less obvious (like the linearity, say hello to FF X, and even the 'glorious' PS1 FF's had a very long stray of linearity before they opened up despite the world maps).

So yea, Final Fantasy XIII did not deserve this much hate. If by now you don't expect Square to try new systems, formulas and stories with each new main series entry then you haven't been playing Final Fantasy for very long.

Just for the record: I'm in no way saying there's nothing wrong with FF XIII, experiments can go wrong.

#10PhaseSlaethePosted 2/13/2013 2:39:50 PM

Laventor posted...

Square has always experimented with new battle systems, stories etc in the main FF titles, XIII is no exception in this. Some of the hate on it was unjustified as some of it could be seen in previous titles as well, but was perhaps less obvious (like the linearity, say hello to FF X, and even the 'glorious' PS1 FF's had a very long stray of linearity before they opened up despite the world maps).

So yea, Final Fantasy XIII did not deserve this much hate. If by now you don't expect Square to try new systems, formulas and stories with each new main series entry then you haven't been playing Final Fantasy for very long.

Just for the record: I'm in no way saying there's nothing wrong with FF XIII, experiments can go wrong.

FF9 was largely a non-experiment. And it was fantastic.

SE needs to realize that failed experiments do NOT do them any favors.